Senate roll call 376 · 45th Congress · Jan 23, 1879
To amend S. 300, by extending the statute of limitations from 4 to 6 years after the expiration of the patent in which to bring suit.
On Jan 23, 1879, the Senate voted 15–25 (S 300). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–14, Republicans 6–11, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 45th Congress (1877–1878), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Jan 23, 1879
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 11 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 14 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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